Week in review

Week in review

1of11The Food Hall on Main, 20,000-square-foot food hall, is scheduled to open early 2018 at the JPMorgan Chase building, 712 Main, in The Jones on Main. it will feature a dozen chef-driven food outlets, a craft beer and curated wine bar, and an art deco cocktail lounge.Photo: The Jones on Main

3of11Expedition 47 Flight Engineer Tim Peake of the European Space Agency took this photograph on April 6, 2016, as the International Space Station flew over Madagascar, showing three of the five spacecraft currently docked to the station. Orbital ATK's Cygnus cargo craft, visible at the left of this image, was bolted into place on the Earth-facing port of the station's Unity module on March 26, 2016. Image Credit: ESA/NASAPhoto: Tim Peake

5of11A Huntsman employee demonstrated a spray foam that uses chemicals created by Huntsman during a tour of the company's operation in The Woodlands Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016.Photo: Jason Fochtman, Staff Photographer

6of11FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2007, file photo, KB Home CEO Jeffrey Mezger speaks during a panel discussion on the subprime market fallout in Beverly Hills, Calif. On Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017, KB Home issued an apology on behalf of their chief executive. KB Home has put Mezger on notice following his vulgar rant against comedian Kathy Griffin. The homebuilder said if a similar incident occurs, Mezger will be let go from his post. The company is also cutting his bonus for the current year by 25 percent. (AP Photo/Ric Francis, File)Photo: Ric Francis, STF

7of11FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2007, file photo, KB Home CEO Jeffrey Mezger speaks during a panel discussion on the subprime market fallout in Beverly Hills, Calif. On Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017, KB Home issued an apology on behalf of their chief executive. KB Home has put Mezger on notice following his vulgar rant against comedian Kathy Griffin. The homebuilder said if a similar incident occurs, Mezger will be let go from his post. The company is also cutting his bonus for the current year by 25 percent. (AP Photo/Ric Francis, File)Photo: Ric Francis, STF

8of11Expedition 47 Flight Engineer Tim Peake of the European Space Agency took this photograph on April 6, 2016, as the International Space Station flew over Madagascar, showing three of the five spacecraft currently docked to the station. Orbital ATK's Cygnus cargo craft, visible at the left of this image, was bolted into place on the Earth-facing port of the station's Unity module on March 26, 2016. Image Credit: ESA/NASAPhoto: Tim Peake

Sugar Land-based Team Industrial Services is removing its CEO after an activist investor called for his ouster from the financially struggling company. Ted Owen, who has served as CEO for the past three years, agreed to step down, allowing Team to install board member and retired Chevron Corp. executive Gary Yesavage as its interim CEO while a search is conducted.

Learning from Harvey

Seema Verma, administrator of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, came to Houston to contemplate any hard lessons learned from Hurricane Harvey. "I wanted to come and say thank you," she told employees and officials at a dialysis center near Brays Bayou. She then added she was sent by the Trump administration to ask, "How can we do better?"

Refunds for borrowers

One of the nation's largest holders of private student loan debt, the National Collegiate Student Loan Trusts, must refund millions of dollars to borrowers it sued illegally and temporarily stop many of its collection activities, under a settlement with federal regulators.

Space business expands

Northrop Grumman agreed to buy Orbital ATK for $7.8 billion, bolstering the missile and space businesses of one of the nation's largest defense contractors.

Tuesday

Common ground?

Despite the bickering over health care in the U.S., a new Texas Medical Center Health Policy Institute survey showed people are in overwhelming agreement on many points. The results also showed that such uniformity of opinion about the importance of health insurance crosses political boundaries.

Amazon returns at Kohl's

Kohl's Corp. said it was continuing its partnership with Amazon.com by offering to process returns on Amazon products starting in October. More than 80 stores in Chicago and Los Angeles will pack and ship eligible Amazon returns for free.

Walgreens grows with deal

After years of trying, Walgreens Boots Alliance received clearance from the Federal Trade Commission to expand its business through the purchase of 1,932 Rite Aid stores for $4.4 billion.

Wednesday

Real estate firm sold

Houston-based real estate firm Lionstone Investments said it was being acquired by a subsidiary of financial giant Ameriprise Financial and would be allowed to stay in its hometown and retain control of its investment activities.

Spike in jobless claims

The Texas Workforce Commission has received a huge number of claims for unemployment insurance since Hurricane Harvey struck - more than during the peak of the last national recession. To this point, the state commission had received 136,000 claims and paid out $9.4 million in assistance.

The spirits moved him

A rogue distillery worker at the center of a bourbon-heist scheme that spirited away tens of thousands of dollars' worth of liquor pleaded guilty in a case that has secured a place in Kentucky lore. Gilbert "Toby" Curtsinger was accused as the ringleader of the operation that stole hard-to-get and pricey brands such as Pappy Van Winkle bourbon.

Thursday

Allstate's estimate

Allstate said it expected insurance losses of $593 million in August after Hurricane Harvey left a path of destruction along the Gulf Coast. The initial accounting followed warnings from other insurers tallying the damages from the hurricane season so far.

KB Home said in a regulatory filing that while CEO Jeffrey Mezger has been "a great leader," his vulgar rant against comedian Kathy Griffin was unacceptable and that he would be fired for any similar incidents in the future. It also cut his annual bonus by 25 percent.

Friday

Higher solar panel prices?

Low-cost solar panels imported from China and elsewhere have caused serious injury to American manufacturers, a U.S. trade commission ruled, raising the possibility of tariffs that could double the price of the panels.

I'm not home - come on in

Walmart announced that it was testing a delivery program that would let customers use smart-home technology to open the door for delivery workers and watch a livestream of the delivery by linking their phones with home security cameras.